Margarinotus

Margarinotus
Margarinotus purpurascens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Histerinae
Tribe:	Histerini
Genus:	Margarinotus Marseul, 1853

Margarinotus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are at least 110 described species in Margarinotus.[1][2][3][4][5]

This genus is mainly characterized by several characters of the male genitalia. Most species may be distinguished by the emarginate outline of the anterior margin of the mesosternum and by the complete inner subhumeral striae on elytra.[6]

See also

• List of Margarinotus species

References

1. "Margarinotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
2. "Margarinotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
3. "Margarinotus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
4. "Browse Margarinotus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
5. Biolib
6. Coleoptera of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Further reading

• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Dillon, Elizabeth S.; Dillon, Lawrence (1961). A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America. Vol. 67. Row, Peterson. pp. 11–19.
• Hansen, M. (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark.
• Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Apollo Books.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• Majka, Christopher G. (2008). "Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (2): 189–202. Bibcode:2008ZooK....2..189M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.2.3.
• Mazur, Slawomir (1997). A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea). Polish Taxonomical Society. ISBN 83-902025-8-1. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Margarinotus at Wikimedia Commons